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What Book to Get for your Brother Who Eats Oysters Fresh From the Sea, Man Crafts Like Mad, and Splurges on the Perfect Sled for his Niece

Buying a Christmas gift for my Salty bro is always an exercise in creativity. First and foremost, TIME is of the essence. When my brother isn’t working, he’s probably doing one of three things, and none of them are reading. He’s working on his boat, he’s out carousing, or he’s hanging in his cozy cabin with his Salty girl, Kimmy and his roommate Grady. When he rests, he either sleeps or man crafts. The Salty One, as we call him, is well read, but that was in a different life. Now he barely has time to eat breakfast. He’s got oysters to grow, at Washburn Island Oysters, and as we all know, OYSTERS ARE DELICIOUS LITTLE NUGGETS, but as many of us don’t know, they needs lots of TLC.

So what to do about Christmas? We could just go with a variation of what we got him last year: inflatable beer pong hats, BUT

Really, we’re sure those have been popped from late night revelry or have ended up somewhere in the back yard- fallen off someone’s head after a wild and epic game. Books endure. Books endure always. So what to get? Here’s a list of what we’ve come up with so far- additional suggestions welcome!

If he doesn’t have time to read the classics, maybe this adaptation of a classic can help. “In homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s jazz age classic, this acclaimed graphic adaptation brings to life the glitter, the melancholy and the grand and crumpled dreams of Fitzgerald’s unforgettable characters.”

For the bro that sails, man crafts, and works on the water, knots are everything. This is the definitive collection, and I can just envision nights spent around the wood stove practicing the most obscure varieties.